Pablo Picasso born - Oct 25, 1881 - HISTORY.com Pablo Picasso born Publisher A+E Networks Pablo Picasso, one of the greatest and most influential artists of the 20th century, is born in Malaga, Spain. Picasso’s father was a professor of drawing, and he bred his son for a career in academic art. Picasso had his first exhibit at age 13 and later quit art school so he could experiment full-time with modern art styles. He went to Paris for the first time in 1900, and in 1901 was given an exhibition at a gallery on Paris’ rue Lafitte, a street known for its prestigious art galleries. The precocious 19-year-old Spaniard was at the time a relative unknown outside Barcelona, but he had already produced hundreds of paintings. Winning favorable reviews, he stayed in Paris for the rest of the year and later returned to the city to settle permanently. The work of Picasso, which comprises more than 50,000 paintings, drawings, engravings, sculptures, and ceramics produced over 80 years, is described in a series of overlapping periods.

His first notable period–the “blue period”—began shortly after his first Paris exhibit. In works such as The Old Guitarist (1903), Picasso painted in blue tones to evoke the melancholy world of the poor. The blue period was followed by the “rose period,” in which he often depicted circus scenes, and then by Picasso’s early work in sculpture. In 1907, Picasso painted the groundbreaking work Les Demoiselles d’Avignon, which, with its fragmented and distorted representation of the human form, broke from previous European art. Les Demoiselles d’Avignon demonstrated the influence on Picasso of both African mask art and Paul Cezanne and is seen as a forerunner of the Cubist movement, founded by Picasso and the French painter Georges Braque in 1909. In Cubism, which is divided into two phases, analytical and synthetic, Picasso and Braque established the modern principle that artwork need not represent reality to have artistic value. Major Cubist works by Picasso included his costumes and sets for Sergey Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes (1917) and The Three Musicians (1921).

Picasso and Braque’s Cubist experiments also resulted in the invention of several new artistic techniques, including collage. After Cubism, Picasso explored classical and Mediterranean themes, and images of violence and anguish increasingly appeared in his work. In 1937, this trend culminated in the masterpiece Guernica, a monumental work that evoked the horror and suffering endured by the Basque town of Guernica when it was destroyed by German war planes during the Spanish Civil War. Picasso remained in Paris during the Nazi occupation but was fervently opposed to fascism and after the war joined the French Communist Party. Picasso’s work after World War II is less studied than his earlier creations, but he continued to work feverishly and enjoyed commercial and critical success. He produced fantastical works, experimented with ceramics, and painted variations on the works of other masters in the history of art. Known for his intense gaze and domineering personality, he had a series of intense and overlapping love affairs in his lifetime. He continued to produce art with undiminished force until his death in 1973 at the age of 91.

Related Videos Pablo Picasso - Biography - IMDb Pablo Picasso Jump to: Overview (4) | Mini Bio (1) | Spouse (2) | Trivia (11) | Personal Quotes (14) Overview (4) 8 April 1973 , Mougins, Alpes-Maritimes, France (lung and heart failure) Birth Name Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso Height 5' 4" (1.63 m) Mini Bio (1) Pablo Picasso, one of the most recognized figures of 20th century art, who co-created such styles as Cubism and Surrealism, was also among most innovative, influential, and prolific artists of all time. He was born Pablo Ruiz Picasso on October 6, 1881, in Malaga, Spain. He was the first child of Jose Ruiz y Blasco and Maria Picasso y Lopez. His father was an artist and professor of art at the School of Fine Arts, and also a curator of museum in Malaga, Spain.

Picasso began studying art under his father's tutelage, continued at the Academy of Arts in Madrid for a year, and went on his ingenious explorations of the new horizons. He went to Paris in 1901 and found the environment conducive for his experiments with new art styles. Gertrude Stein , Guillaume Apollinaire , and André Breton were among his friends and collectors. Constantly updating his style from the Blue Period, to the Rose Period, to the African-influenced Period, to Cubism, to Realism and Surrealism he was a pioneer with a hand in every art movement of the 20th century. He made some softer and neo-classic artworks during his cooperation with the Russian Ballet of Sergei Diaghilev in Paris. In 1917 Picasso joined the Russian Ballet on tour in Rome, Italy. There he fell in love with Olga Khokhlova, a classical ballerina from the Russian nobility (her father was a General to the Russian Tsar Nickolas II). Picasso painted Olga as a Spanish girl in his painting "Olga Khokhlova in Mantilla" to convince his parents for their blessing, and his idea worked.

Picasso and Olga Khokhlova wed in Paris, in 1918, and had one son, Paolo. After their marriage, Olga's high society lifestyle clashed with Picasso's bohemian manners. They separated in 1935, but remained officially married until her death in 1954. Meanwhile, his most famous lovers, Marie Therese Walter and Dora Maar, were also his inspirational models for a series of experimental portraits. Picasso was a pacifist. His outcry for peace was expressed in large-scale painting Guernica (1937), created after the German bombing of this Spanish city. This powerful composition, showing the brutal inhumanity of war, became his most famous work and turned him into a political celebrity. In 1940 Picasso applied for French citizenship, but was denied it, and remained Spanish. Protected by his fame, he was untouchable even to the Nazis in the occupied Paris. A skillful self-promoter, he used politics, eccentricity, and provocation as a selling tool. Sarcastic harlequin and dominating minotaur were his personal symbols, frequently used in his artworks.

His life turned into a PR campaign, playing with scandals; viciousness to his own children, exaggerated virility and beastly treatment of his women. However, he was forgiven by the public. Even his membership in the Communist party and his controversial comments about Joseph Stalin , who awarded Picasso the Stalin Prize for Peace in 1950, were ignored by his admirers. His life-long extraordinary artistic dialogue with Henri Matisse took a form of a "visual conversation" and exchange of their paintings with mutual respect. After WWII he returned to "classical" style and created the "Dove of Peace". An innovator and a multi-faceted personality, Picasso dominated the 20th century Western Art, spreading his influence beyond art into many aspects of culture and life. In his several film appearances Picasso always played himself. His lifestyle remained as bohemian and vivacious as it was in his youth. Picasso died in style while entertaining his guests at a dinner party, on April 8, 1973, in Mouglins, in southeastern France.

Picasso's last words were "Drink to me, drink to my health, you know I can't drink any more." He was interred at Castle Vauvenargues' park, in Vauvenargues, Bouches-du-Rhone, in the South of France. Pablo Picasso's paintings rank among the most expensive artwork in the world, establishing a price record with $104 million sale of "Garson a la pipe" in 2004. Picasso produced over 13 thousand paintings or designs, 100,000 prints and engravings, 34 thousand book illustrations and 300 sculptures, becoming the most prolific artist ever. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Steve Shelokhonov Spouse (2) ( 12 July 1918 - 1954) (her death) (1 child) Trivia (11) Born at 11:15pm-LMT An estimated 350 of his works have been stolen, more than any other artist.

He has had more auction sales than any other artist: as of May 1999 his works had been sold 3,595 times for a total worth of $1.23 billion. His most valuable painting was "Femme aux bras croises" (1902), sold for $55.6 million at Christie's on 8/11/2000, making it the most valuable painting made in the 20th century. More of his paintings--190 of them at last count--have sold for over $1 million than those of any other artist. Recognized as the world's most prolific painter by the Guinness Book of World Records: during a career that lasted 78 years he produced an estimated 13,500 paintings or designs, 100,000 prints or engravings, 34,000 book illustrations and 300 sculptures or ceramics, making a total of 147,800 works of art. One son by wife Olga, a Russian ballerina: Paulo Picasso, born 1919.

Picasso's liaison with Marie-Thérèse Walter produced one daughter: Maya Widmaier Picasso (aka "Maya (Maria de la Concepcion) Picasso"), born 1932. Another liaison with artist Françoise Gilot produced Claude Picasso (born 1947) and Paloma Picasso born 1949. He is the subject of the songs "Picasso's Last Words (Drink to Me)" by Wings , "Pablo Picasso" by Jonathan Richman and The Modern Lovers and "Picasso and Me" by Gretchen Peters (which is written from the point of view of Picasso's cat). He is also mentioned in the song "Big Wedge" by former Marillion singer Fish (a UK Top 40 single in 1990).

A Rose Period Picasso that Gone with the Wind (1939) financier John Hay Whitney had bought for $30,000 in 1950, "Boy With a Pipe," was auctioned off in 2004 for a record $104.2 million, the proceeds left over from the $93-million bid price to fund the charitable Greentree Foundation established by his wife Betsey Cushing Whitney after his death. Was a Communist, ironic in light of his being the world's wealthiest artist at the time of his death in 1973, leaving an estate valued at between $100 million and $260 million ($442 million and $1.15 billion in 2005 dollars). About the life and museum of Malaga born artist Pablo Picasso You are here: Malaga > Top Attractions in Malaga > Malaga Main Buildings > Picasso Picasso The early years of the life of Pablo Ruiz Picasso are closely linked to Malaga, where he was born in 1881. Family tradition also played a large part in shaping his character. His life and works would later see him become the most famous native of Malaga of all.

This open, cosmopolitan city, birthplace of a unique artist and now a focal point for art and culture worldwide, will always remember Picasso as its favourite son. The Picasso Museum In 2003 the city of Pablo Picasso’s birth became home to the Museo Picasso Málaga which is a museum devoted to the artist. Picasso was born into the rich cultural heritage of Málaga, the beautiful Mediterranean port of Andalucia in southern Spain. Situated at geographical crossroads, Málaga has been an important city since before the days of ancient Rome, and the region was monumental in its impact on world culture. Picasso carried on this legacy and became an innovator of artistic styles and techniques, changing the course of modern art. The new museum has an extensive selection of works by the artist from the private collections of Christine Ruiz-Picasso, the widow of Picasso’s son Paul, and their son, Bernard. Their dedication to Picasso and his native city led to the creation of the Museo Picasso Málaga. The permanent collection is complemented with temporary exhibitions that emphasize Picasso’s role in the art in the twentieth century.

The museum was designed by Richard Gluckman of Gluckman Mayner Architects, with Isabel Cámara and Rafael Martín Delgado of Cámara/Martín Delgado Arquitectos and ARUP engineers, to unite traditional and contemporary architecture in a 89,350-square-foot museum complex. The Museo Picasso Málaga is an international centre for the arts, with large-scale galleries for temporary exhibitions, as well as an auditorium, education centre, library and archives, restoration facilities, bookstore, and gift shop. The Andalucian government funded the construction of the whole museum with Christine and Bernard Ruiz-Picasso whp worked closely with the President and the Minister of Culture of the Junta de Andalucia throughout the museum’s development. Carmen Giménez, an internationally recognized curator of modern art, is the Director of the Project Museo Picasso Málaga. The museum opened in October 2003. A Personal Look at Picasso The permanent collection captures the extraordinary vision of Picasso.

More than 200 paintings, drawings, sculptures, ceramics, and graphic works illuminate the entire breadth of his long and prolific career, from his first academic studies to his late paintings in the 1970s. The collection encompasses his ground-breaking innovations and the wide range of styles, materials, and techniques that he embraced. Several of Picasso's best-loved paintings are on display at the Museo Picasso Málaga. Many of these works have not been exhibited widely, and some have never been viewed publicly before. All are the generous donations and long-term loans from the private collections of Christine and Bernard Ruiz-Picasso. Christine Ruiz-Picasso is the widow of Picasso's eldest child, Paul, from his marriage to Olga Kokhlova; Bernard is the son of Christine and Paul. Their collections are not only private but personal: this is the art that Picasso gave to his family, and the art that he kept for himself, to be inherited after his death. The Museo Picasso Málaga will chart each stage in his development as an artist with a chronological display of works. Two separate galleries show works on paper, and one room is devoted to sculpture and ceramics.

Pablo Picasso: Spanish by birth, French at art | Art and design | The Guardian Pablo Picasso Pablo Picasso: Spanish by birth, French at art The 20th century’s greatest painter was born in Malaga but came into his own amid the sleaze and bohemianism of Paris – the only city that could have matched his peerless imagination French tradition … Pablo Picasso at his studio in Mougins, France, 1971. Photo: AFP/Getty Images Pablo Picasso , the greatest artist of the 20th century, was French. Hold on … don’t comment yet. I am fully aware that Picasso was born in Malaga in southern Spain in 1881, that he started his artistic career in Barcelona and remained proudly Spanish all his life . But the reopening of the Musée Picasso in Paris last autumn confirmed the French capital’s unique claim on this stupendously creative painter, sculptor and poet. His genius is so tangled up with the streets and garrets, palaces and attics of Paris, a city that he first visited in 1900 and whose artistic life he would take to new heights.

Pinterest Picasso’s Les Demoiselles d’Avignon (1907) Photograph: Stan Honda/AFP/Getty Images Picasso never forgot Spain, but he needed Paris to become a great artist. In 1900, the French capital was already crawling with modernists. The young Picasso emulated the raw nightlife scenes of Toulouse-Lautrec , and soon became fascinated by the art of Degas, Van Gogh and, most of all, Cézanne. Picasso’s “rose” period echoes the late works of Degas while Cézanne is the god of cubism. Picasso was eventually rich enough to buy a chateau at the foot of Mont Sainte-Victoire , thus owning, he boasted, the view his hero Cézanne had painted. He is buried there. Pinterest Picasso in 1908 in his workshop in Montmartre, Paris. Photograph: Apic/Getty Images These great French artists fed Picasso’s changing styles, while the city itself – with its sleaze and bohemianism – inspired his imagination.

In his 1907 masterpiece of sharp-edged menace Les Demoiselles d’Avignon , Picasso takes the women who inhabit Toulouse-Lautrec’s Montmartre and reimagines them as brazen sexual terrorists. Picasso’s early time in Paris living in the ramshackle Bateau-Lavoir was riotous. Events like a banquet he gave in his studio for the untrained genius Henri Rousseau have become legendary . But Picasso’s Paris also includes the Left Bank and its cafes where, in the 1930s, he encountered the surrealist movement. While covering the relaunch of the Musée Picasso last year, I found the loft where he lived in the 30s, a stone’s throw from the famous Left Bank cafes where he talked art with radical intellectuals . It was also in this 17th-century attic that he painted Guernica . We rightly see the greatest political artwork of modern times as a defence of Spain from Franco and Hitler – Picasso’s war painting portrays the destruction of Guernica in the Basque region by Nazi bombs . But it is a very French painting.

It was created in his Paris loft and went straight from there to the 1937 Paris Universal Exhibition , where it was unveiled in the Spanish pavilion. The remains of this exhibition site – where Nazi and Fascist pavilions faced each other grimly – still exist beside the Seine. Guernica was not merely painted in Paris but is steeped in art history, which Picasso taught himself in the Louvre. The great French tradition of history paintings, from Poussin to Géricault, which stands out in the Louvre collection, hovers behind Picasso’s great modern history painting . It was, of course, Guernica and the Spanish civil war that led to Picasso spending the rest of his life in France . The victory of Franco and destruction of Spanish democracy meant this principled artist would never go home. He stipulated that Guernica itself could only go to Spain after Franco died.

Pablo Picasso’s Birthplace – Malaga, Spain | Journey Around The Globe Journey Around The Globe by Globe Runner in Europe , Photography , Trips Tags: Castle , Europe , History , Islamic art , Malaga , Muslim , Photography , Spain , Travel MALAGA, SPAIN: “From a white father and a small glass of water of Andalusian life was I born. Born from a mother, daughter of a daughter aged fifteen from the district of Percheles in Malaga; that beautiful bull that engendered my forehead crowned with jasmines.” That was what the famous Spanish painter Pablo Ruiz Picasso said who was a talented son of Malaga. Malaga is a big city in southern Spain and the largest city on the Costa del Sol. But unlike Barcelona and Madrid, Malaga didn’t give me a big-city feeling. Its old town setting still has a welcoming vibe. In summer, Costa del Sol region can be packed with tourists because of its appealing coastal line and beautiful sun and sand. Not only Malaga, but whole of Andalusia seems like is decorated with orange trees; you can see them standing on the both ways of streets or almost anywhere you go. But don’t make mistake of eating them…not sweet at all.

Historically, the city was founded by the Phoenicians in the 8th century BC, on the lower slopes of the Mount of Alcazaba. Romans came here at the end of the 3rd century BC. In 711 AD, it fell in the hands of the Arabs, came to be part of the Cordoba Emirate. Some time later, from the 10th century onwards, it became prominent again amongst the Southern peninsula towns as first harbor of the Moorish kingdom of Granada, from where its major merchandise were shipped. Finally, the Catholic Monarchs conquered Malaga in 1487. Moorish architecture in Malaga, Spain TIME of TRAVEL: We made our second trip to Spain this February of 2014. First time we came to Barcelona and Madrid during the winter break of 2011, so this time we were off to explore southern Spain, the most beautiful part of this country…Andalusia. We flew directly to Malaga from Charleroi. The weather in Malaga was fantastic. It was a bit chilly in the morning and after dark but bright and sunny during the day.

Going from gloomy Belgian weather, it was a nice treat for all of us. OUR HOTEL: We stayed in the heart of Malaga, few steps away from Plaza de la Constitucion. Hotel is called “Hotel Petit Palace Plaza Malaga”. The price didn’t include free breakfast (could get breakfast for 8 euros per adult) but had Wi-Fi in our room. The location of this hotel couldn’t have been any better. It was within walking distance from the cathedral, port, Alcazaba, and Roman Theater. Not to mention there are tons of shops and restaurants in this area. You can get typical Spanish dishes as well as some international cuisines. Probably only one downside of this hotel was that it didn’t have a parking garage close to it. Since we rented a car, my husband had to park near the harbor and walk about 15 minutes to the hotel. EATING and SHOPPING: We had our first dinner in Restaurant Plaza very close to Marquis de Alrios. And of course when you are in Spain you have to try paella and tapas. We went for seafood and chicken paella and a mixed variety of tapas. Tapas are basically appetizers or finger foods that originated in Spain.

You can get all sorts of options in tapas, like marinated olives, fried calamari, fried squid, fish fingers, chicken balls, beef stew, and many other yummy knickknacks. Gazpacho soup or cold tomato soup, is very popular in Spain too. We tried it last time in Barcelona but I am not very fond of cold food, so didn’t try it this time. But it’s definitely something very Spanish. Then next day our lunch was near Roman Theater in a restaurant called, “Teatro Romano” where we ordered some pasta, but was very disappointed with the taste. Some tapas we had for dinner in Malaga, Spain For those souvenirs hunters, old town near Alcazaba or cathedral are good places to buy some memoirs from Malaga. Small flamenco dresses are nice for little girls. Colorful potteries hand-painted in Spain, Spanish saffron or paella spices (if you are into cooking), flamenco designed apron or statues, and ceramic bulls are just some things I can name to remember your trip in Andalusia. PLACES WE’VE VISITED: We had about a day and half in Malaga.

And I managed to wake up one early morning here to go to the port and take some shots of the sunrise. It was fantastic and I absolutely loved it. There are many beaches and luxury resorts near Malaga and closest one to the city center is La Malagueta. We didn’t really go to any beach because the weather was not really hot to go to the water. Another place that we just saw from a distance and didn’t really take a tour inside was Malaga Bull-Ring or Plaza de Toros de la Malagueta. But this may be something that will interest many tourists. Malaga Bull-Ring also has a museum, Museo Taurino. Flamenco show are something really exciting to see in Spain, which we did in Cordoba in this trip. But if are interested, I’m sure your hotel can tell you where to go for a nice flamenco performance. If you have spare time and hungry for more sightseeing, drive or take a train to nearby cities like Granada, Cordoba, or Seville where you can see the rich history of Andalusia from the Muslim era, which makes Spain a unique country overall.

Looking over Malaga Bullring as we were coming down from Gibralfaro Fortress 1) MARQUIS de ALRIOS: This is a long stretch of pedestrian street in the city center with lots of stores. It was right in front of our hotel and let me tell you, shopping was fun here. The street had beautiful lighting at night and gets really lively after dark. Marquis de Alrios has the Malaga Port (the port is actually across the street) at one end and Plaza de la Constitucion at the other end. Marquis de Alrios at night in Malaga, Spain 2) PLAZA de la CONSTITUCION: This is a nice square at one end of Marquis de Alrios, very close to our hotel. There are plenty of small alleys that starts from this square, great to just wander off. 3) MALAGA CATHEDRAL and MUSEUM: This is a beautiful cathedral and definitely worth a visit. It is grand outside and inside. Interior is very ornate and huge. The decorative altar is the main focus and can’t miss total of four church organs.

Inside Malaga Cathedral Museum of Malaga Cathedral is small with only couple rooms (we were done in 5 minutes) and located on the upper level. It holds some biblical paintings and statues. The cathedral is located in the heart of Malaga city center. We paid 5 euros per adult to go inside the cathedral that includes its museum too. 4) ALCAZABA de MALAGA: Alcazaba has to be a must-see place in Malaga. This Moorish palace fortress has been standing on a hill since the Muslim era in Andalusia and is one of the emblematic monuments of this town. It is the best preserved of its kind in Spain. Roaming around this old fort took me back to our trip to Morocco where we saw similar ‘Kasbah” style palaces. This impressive group of buildings, originally dating from the 11th century, formed the palace-fortress of the Muslim rulers of the city. The palace inside this precinct was built around that time but the greater part of it is from the 14th century. Most of Alcazaba was built of limestone which crumbles easily.

That’s why the fortress went under many rebuilding and restorations, last one being in 1930. Malaga Alcazaba – a Moorish castle in Malaga, Spain The Nasrid Palace is reached through a restored pavilion. The Orange Patio and Patio de la Alberca (with a pool) are remarkable. These courtyards and gardens in Nasrid Palace are some picture perfect places and shouldn’t be missed. A patio with pool in Nasrid Palace of Alcazaba in Malaga, Spain Different sections and ramparts of Alcazaba offer excellent views of the port nearby and the whole city. Don’t miss the exhibition on Muslim influenced ceramics and potteries. A small museum holds numerous items that they found from excavations on this site. Loved all the big and small courtyards, some with rows of caliphal arches and marble columns. View of Malaga Cathedral from Alcazaba Alcazaba is open from 9:30am to 8pm in summer and 8:30am to 7pm in the winter time.

It took us about little less than 2 hours here but people can easily spend half a day exploring each corner of this beautiful fortress. Ticket was only 5 euros for our whole family (2 adults and 2 kids) 5) ROMAN THEATER or TEATRO ROMANO: At the foothill of Alcazaba is Roman Theatre. Built during the first years of the reign of Augustus (1st century A.D.), it was kept in use until the end of the 3rd century. The remains of this theater can be viewed anytime from the plaza in front. Tourists can walk on its old stone steps and explore this ancient site without paying any fees. Roman Theater from the 1st century at the foothill of Malaga Alcazaba in Spain 6) PICASSO’S BIRTHPLACE HOUSE or CASA NATAL de PABLO PICASSO: After Roman Theater and lunch, we walked over to the birthplace of world renowned Spanish painter and artist Pablo Picasso. Picasso’s relationship with his native city was distant but nostalgic. And it was thrilling to think that I was roaming around in Picasso’s city, Malaga, visiting the house where he was born and spent first few years of his childhood.

The house where Spanish painter Pablo Picasso was born in Malaga, Spain On the first floor, some temporary exhibition was going on an artist who was influenced by Pablo Picasso. In this building, on the 2nd floor, Pablo Picasso was born on October 25th, 1881 and lived here until 1884. This 19th century building houses works and objects of the artist and his family. Many documents, photographs, and personal belongings of the Ruiz Picasso family decorate the floors of this museum which witness the deep connection he had with his home town. You can also see some stuff that he created during his childhood. A specialized library and on-going program of temporary exhibitions and cultural activities complement the offer of Picasso’s Birth House. The museum was opened to public in 1988 and is located in Plaza de la Merced which used to be a busy square back in Picasso’s time. An obelisk in the middle of this plaza was erected dedicating Torrijos and his comrades executed by firing squad in 1831 and whose remains lie there since 1842. Museum is open Monday to Sunday from 9:30am to 8pm and closed every Tuesday in winter.

It was 3 euros per adult. We couldn’t take any pictures inside the museum. It has two floors and took us less than half an hour. 7) CASTILLO de GIBRALFARO: This is another Moorish castle which was built to protect Alcazaba and to keep an eye on the port. This has been used as a coastal lookout post since 1487 and was used exclusively for military purposes. A small museum, an old powder keg area from the 18th century, has exhibition which reflects castle life as a garrison and coastal watchtower from the 15th century. You can see urban evolution, weapons, uniforms, and objects of daily life from the 16th to 20th century. Walking around Gibralfaro Fortress in Malaga, Spain Gibralfaro also has an incredible view of the whole Malaga, may be better than Alcazaba since it sits on a higher ground. But there isn’t much to do or see here other than walking around different ramps among the old walls (you can also walk on the walls of this fortress) and checking out views from different angles.

Overlooking the whole city of Malaga from Gibralfaro Fortress This fortress is open from 9am to 8pm in summer and 9am to 6pm in winter. Although Gibralfaro looks over Alcazaba, the two monuments are not connected from inside anymore. We took taxi here from Picasso’s Birthplace House (was around 8 euros), but saw many people walking up the ramp (which can be a bit difficult with kids) and some also took Bus #35 to reach the top (2.20 euros per adult). We walked down on our way back which was easier and fun; you get to see many nice sites including a bird-eye view of Malaga Bullring. 8) PICASSO MUSEUM: Pablo Picasso is known as the father of Cubism and inventor of images that are syntheses of multiple viewpoints…both formal and conceptual. The Renaissance building that houses the museum is itself a historic building, known as Buenavista Palace.

In addition to Picasso’s works, the palace has an architectural site with remains of 17th century BC Phoenician Malaga as well as the elements dating from various periods of the Roman era and parts of the old Golden Age building (some from the 6th century). This museum has life works and the largest collection of Pablo Picasso. The collection here spans eight decades of Picasso’s career, which is essential for an understanding of Western art. The displays in this museum show his relationship with Malaga and the unlimited versatility of his artistic talent. After Picasso died in 1973 in France, most of the collections here were donated by Picasso’s grandson Bernard Ruiz-Picasso. Some of his famous and exclusive paintings that we were lucky to see here includes “Mother and Child”, “Acrobat”, and many more. Picasso Museum took us about an hour to visit all the rooms with displays. Ticket is 6 euros per adult. 9) MALAGA PORT or HARBOR: This was not in our itinerary. It was so close to our hotel that I decided to take a walk before sunrise on our last day in Malaga. It is definitely a hype and trendy place to hang out or come for meal during normal hours.

There were plenty of restaurants and shops on one side of the harbor facing the water. Although everything was closed, anything looks extra beautiful during sunrise. Lighthouse in Malaga Port before sunrise Spires of Malaga Cathedral and old walls of Alcazaba can be seen from the harbor. I walked all the way to the lighthouse there. There wasn’t much to do at this early morning, but that was one of the beautiful strolls I took in a long time. Right after sunrise in Malaga Port, walking back to my hotel Pablo Picasso Barcelona Barcelona > Pablo Picasso Barcelona Pablo Picasso in Barcelona Pablo Picasso was born in Malaga in the South of Spain in 1881, and spent most of his life in France, after moving to Paris in 1905; however it was in Barcelona that Spain's greatest artist spent his formative years, and it was Barcelona, perhaps more than anywhere else, that Picasso considered his home. The man who gave birth to the Cubism movement, and became the most famous and influential artist of the 20th Century, learned to sketch before he learned how to speak - thanks to his parent's influence.

Picasso's father was a talented painter, as well as an art teacher, and his son picked up a pencil in his early years to begin a lifelong love of drawing, painting and art. Indeed such was the young Pablo's talent that by the age of 13, the father judged his son to have surpassed him, prompting Picasso senior to give up painting. Picasso's early life was peripatetic: in 1891, at the age of 10, Picasso and his family moved to Corunna in Galicia as his father was appointed teacher at the Guarda School of Fine Arts. Picasso himself was allowed to enrol a year later and so began his academic career. Four years later, in 1895, the family moved again, this time east to Barcelona, with both father and son transfering to the Llotja School of Fine Arts as teacher and student respectively. Barcelona had a profound effect on the teenage artist. The bustling industrialist Catalan capital was in a period of huge growth, embracing progressive ideas about art and society as it raced towards the 20th century.

The always prolific artist created thousands of sketches and paintings with the city as his muse, many of which can be seen at Barcelona's Picasso Museum today. Above: Picasso self-portrait during his Blue Period in Barcelona. Picasso's new life in Barcelona was soon interrupted in 1897 by two years spent in Madrid, after his father requested he attend the San Fernando Academy of Fine Arts, considered the best in Spain. But by now the strong-willed youngster was already showing a dislike of formal studies and the 16-year-old rarely attended classes, preferring to stroll the corridors of El Prado Museum instead where he would spend hours studying the works of master painters such as Valezquez, Goya and El Greco. All played a major role in influencing Picasso's work. When Picasso returned to Barcelona in 1899, he drew a line under his academic career and his artistic career began in earnest. He began to frequent the, now famous, Els Quatre Gats (The Four Cats) cafe , where he would meet with other artists, and avant-garde thinkers (and drinkers) and became part of Barcelona's Bohemian set. In 1900 he staged his first individual exhibition at the Cats.

In the same year he made his first trip to Paris, for the Universal Exhibition, and was inspired by the avant garde works of Cezanne, Matisse, and the Fauvist movement which was taking place at the time. After a brief, second stint in Madrid (where he illustrated the journal Arte Joven, a joint effort with Francesc d'Assis Soler which survived for just five issues), Picasso returned again to Barcelona and entered the period of artistic activity known as the Blue Period, his first departure from a more realistic style of painting. During this time, split between Paris and Spain, Picasso painted almost solely in blues tones creating a series of painting that were acutely sombre and mournful in tone, but exquisitely beautiful at the same time. Virtually all of the images he painted during the Blue Period, friends, beggars, prostitutes and landscapes were inspired by Barcelona, and thankfully the city's Picasso Museum has a good selection from this time - such as the Blue Portait of Jaume Sabartï¿½s, Motherhood and Barcelona Rooftops.

in 1905 Picasso left Barcelona, this time permanently, for Paris, but even so the city managed to influence the artist from afar. Indeed one of his seminal works, considered by many to be the very first example of Cubist painting was a depiction of prostitutes at a whorehouse on Carrer D'Avinyo, a street in Barcelona's Barri Gotic (admittedly not the most salubrious association for a city to boast, but still...). Picasso referred to the painting as El Bordel (the Brothel), but was later dubbed the Les Demoiselles d'Avignon (the Ladies of D'Avinyo). And although he never returned to Catalonia, or indeed Spain, to live Picasso frequently visited Barcelona, often choosing to holiday with friends nearby on the coast. However in 1939 Franco emerged victorious in the Spanish Civil War and Picasso swore never to set foot in Spain whilst the fascist dictator still ruled the country. Sadly for Picasso - and Spain - Franco ruled until his death in 1975. Picasso died two years earlier in 1973, aged 91.

Picasso Museum Barcelona The Picasso Museum is standing tribute to the artist's close relationship with the city of his adolescence and naturally the essential starting point for any fans wanting to explore the artist's life and works. It opened in 1963 and was set up during his lifetime, according to his wishes, by his friend and personal secretary, Jaume Sabartï¿½s. The museum's collection at that time was comprised of Sabartï¿½s's personal collection along with Picasso's works which he'd donated to the Barcelona Museums of Art. (Indeed when it first opened, the museum was called the Sabartes Collection, principally because Picasso was an outspoken critic of Franco and so it was impossible to open such a large public building under his name whilst the Fascist dictator still ruled.) Later, after the death of Sabartes in 1968 and on several other occasions, Picasso donated a large number of works himself (and let's not forget that Picasso once quipped: "I am the greatest collector of Picassos in the world."). Other private collectors and relations of Picasso have also augmented the museum's collection.

Today the Picasso Museum has over 3,800 works by the artist and is especially rich in Pablo's earlier artistic forays, from when he served his apprenticeship right up to the Blue Period. Fans of Cubism might be slightly disappointed as the museum can't boast anywhere near the representation that Paris' Picasso Museum holds, but rather Barcelona's tribute represents a biography of the early years of the man from Malaga, as well as an overview of his life journey and many stylistic evolutions in the field of art. C/Montcada 15-23 Picasso' Barcelona Picasso had several apartments and studios when he was living and working in Barcelona, some of which have since been bulldozed over in the name of progress. Your best resource for key addresses is the excellent website of the Picasso Museum which has the authoritative chronology of Picasso in Barcelona here .

You can't visit any of his flats or workshops, but here are a couple of relevant stopping points on the Picasso trail for you to enjoy: Els Quatre Gats Opened in 1897, the Four Cats tavern was established by the Catalan artist Ramon Casas and his friend Pere Romeu (indeed the two men are the subject of the famous painting by Casas himself, ingeniously entitled Ramon Casas and Pere Romeu on a Tandem - you can see the original in the MNAC , whilst a copy hangs in Els Quatre Gats). It was Barcelona's answer to Paris' famous Le Chat Noir cabaret and nightclub in Montmatre and a sounding board and meeting place for avant garde artists and writers to exchange ideas, normally over one too many glasses of wine. When Picasso rejected academic studies of art in 1899, returning from Madrid to Barcelona, he fell in with the forward thinking set that called The Four Cats their second home. Known as modernistes or decadentes, this community turned to French art nouveau, distinguished by sinuous contour lines, simplified shapes and pastel colours to move away from a realistic representation of the subjects of their art.

Adopting their style, the young Picasso (yet to turn 20) sketched and painted numerous portraits of his friends from Els Quatre Gats - among them Carles Casagemas and Jaime Sabartï¿½s - and many of these works were included in his first solo exhibition, which opened at the tavern in February 1900. As with many bars run by Bohemians and not businessmen the Cats didn't last long, closing in 1903. However when Franco died the cafe was acquired by a group of restauranteurs who re-opened the Four Cats in the original spirit of the place. Naturally it's a bit of a tourist trap these days, particularly after Woody Allen increased its allure by featuring the restaurant in his movie Vicky Cristina Barcelona, however the Modernista look, inside and out (the building was designed by famous Catalan architect Josep Puig i Cadafalch) makes it well worth dropping by. If nothing else to check out the menu, the cover of which was drawn by Picasso himself.

C/Montsio 3 National Museum of Catalan Art This treasure trove of art from antiquity to near-present only holds one work by Pablo Ruiz i Picasso, but it's a good one: The Woman With Hat and Fur Coat, was painted in 1937 in Paris and is a prime example of 'The Picasso style' of Cubism, with a frontal and profile view merged into one image. Parc de Montjuï¿½c Tel: +34 (93) 6220360 Barcelona Ceramics Museum Intrigued by all forms of art, Picasso dabbled in ceramics as well as painting, drawing and sculpture, often to dazzling effect. This museum in the Royal Palace of Pedralbes Palace on the outskirts of town includes a sixteen piece series by Picasso donated by the artist in 1957. Avinguda Diagonal 686 Pablo Picasso Biography & Paintings - Spanish Painters | don Quijote Read the Spanish version Pablo Picasso was one of the most famous artists of the 20th century.

During his artistic career, which lasted more than 75 years, he created thousands of works, not only paintings but also sculptures, prints, and ceramics, using all kinds of materials. First famous for his pioneering role in Cubism, Picasso continued to develop his art with a pace and vitality comparable to the accelerated technological and cultural changes of the century whose art he dominated. Each change embodied a radical new idea, and it might be said that Picasso lived several artistic lifetimes. Picasso was born on October 25, 1881, in Malaga, Spain, the son of an artist, Jose Ruiz, and Maria Picasso. Rather than adopt the common name Ruiz, the young Picasso preferred to use the rarer name of his mother, although his official name was much longer, incorporating homages to other family members and saints. An artistic prodigy, legend has it that his first words were “piz, piz”, in an attempt to say “lápiz”, the Spanish word for pencil. At the age of 14 he completed the one-month qualifying examination of the Academy of Fine Arts in Barcelona in just one day, despite his being younger than the official age requirement.

From there he went to the Academy of San Fernando in Madrid, returning in 1900 to Barcelona, where he frequented the city's famous cabaret of intellectuals and artists, Els Quatre Gats. It was in Barcelona that he moved away from the traditional classical methods in which he’d been trained, towards a more experimental and innovative approach. He later recounted his successes: "when I was a child, my mother said to me, 'If you become a soldier, you'll be a general. If you become a monk you'll end up as the pope,' instead I became a painter and wound up as Picasso." Picasso left Spain altogether soon after the turn of the century, this time to Paris, beginning what is known as his Blue Period, where his paintings were almost exclusively in blue to represent his profound depression over the death of a close friend, Carlos Casagemas. It was only his love affair with model Fernande Olivier that he was able to overcome this dark chapter of his life. As previously mentioned, it is Cubism for which Picasso is most renowned. Les Demoiselles d’Avignon, depicting five naked prostitutes, began this new period.

Put simply, this new artistic concept attempted to challenge the norms of copying nature exactly onto the canvas by reducing and fracturing objects in order to underline the two dimensionality of the canvas. Many of Picasso’s most famous paintings originate from this epoch. After a brief fling with Classicalism during the First World War, Picasso adopted a new style of artistry from 1927 known as Surrealism, the natural successor to Cubism. It was in this period that he created his most famous work: Guernica, a powerful image articulating the realities of war and its consequences. His inspiration was the bombing of the civilian target of Guernica , Spain, by the Nazi Luftwaffe. During World War II, Picasso lived in Paris, where he turned his energy to the art of ceramics. From 1947 to 1950, he pursued new methods of lithography. He became more outwardly political during this time, too; he joined the Communist Party, and his closer political ties meant he became less involved in his art. Pablo Picasso died on April 8, 1973, in Mougins, France, at the age of 91.

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Question: In which Spanish city was Pablo Picasso born?
Answer: MALAGA